"1, the long-running plot involves Colin submitting one of his few finished novels to John Langley, a tough publisher who includes it in his compilation of horror short stores. Colin's Sandwich Colin's Sandwich was a British sitcom, broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990, which starred Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail administrator who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes (18 October – 22 November 1988 and 12 January – 16 February 1990). In the second series, Colin manages to"
"Colin Russell (EastEnders) Colin Russell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Michael Cashman. The character appears between 5 August 1986 and 23 February 1989 and on 8 and 9 September 2016. Colin is originally portrayed as a middle-class yuppie with a kind heart. The character is Walford's first on-screen gay resident and he featured in the UK's first homosexual kiss on a soap opera, which caused controversy in the British press. , the 27-year gap between the character's appearances is the longest for any character in ""EastEnders"" to date. Colin, a graphic designer, moves"
"and certainly its attitude to lesbian, gay and bisexual people."" Colin Russell (EastEnders) Colin Russell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Michael Cashman. The character appears between 5 August 1986 and 23 February 1989 and on 8 and 9 September 2016. Colin is originally portrayed as a middle-class yuppie with a kind heart. The character is Walford's first on-screen gay resident and he featured in the UK's first homosexual kiss on a soap opera, which caused controversy in the British press. , the 27-year gap between the character's appearances is the longest for any"
"Charlie O'Connell Charles O'Connell (born April 21, 1975) is an American actor and reality television personality. He is known for his appearance on ""The Bachelor"", as well as appearing in several of his older brother, Jerry O'Connell's projects, including a starring role as Colin Mallory in Season 4 of the science fiction television series ""Sliders"". O'Connell was born in New York City, New York, the son of Linda (née Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art director. His maternal grandfather, Charles S. Witkowski, was the mayor of Jersey City, N.J. O'Connell is of half Irish, one"
"date of 21 July 2006. Eventually, it was settled amicably. Colin Farrell Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Farrell appeared in the BBC drama ""Ballykissangel"" in 1998, made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama ""The War Zone"" in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him in the lead role in the war drama ""Tigerland"" in 2000. He then starred in Schumacher's psychological thriller ""Phone Booth"" (2002) where he plays a hostage in a New York city phone booth, and the American thrillers ""S.W.A.T."" (2003) and ""The Recruit"" (2003),"
"Colin Farrell Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Farrell appeared in the BBC drama ""Ballykissangel"" in 1998, made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama ""The War Zone"" in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him in the lead role in the war drama ""Tigerland"" in 2000. He then starred in Schumacher's psychological thriller ""Phone Booth"" (2002) where he plays a hostage in a New York city phone booth, and the American thrillers ""S.W.A.T."" (2003) and ""The Recruit"" (2003), establishing his international box-office appeal. During that time, he also"
"again in April 2010. In two episodes of ""Crossing Jordan"", entitled ""Sunset Division"" (season 2) and ""Skin and Bone"" (season 4), he played the onscreen brother of his brother's character, Detective Woody Hoyt. Charlie O'Connell Charles O'Connell (born April 21, 1975) is an American actor and reality television personality. He is known for his appearance on ""The Bachelor"", as well as appearing in several of his older brother, Jerry O'Connell's projects, including a starring role as Colin Mallory in Season 4 of the science fiction television series ""Sliders"". O'Connell was born in New York City, New York, the son of"
"in perfect health. Towards the end of 1988 Colin found new love, with a fellow yuppie — Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan) — whom he met through his work. Colin's gay relationship was once again the cause of much controversy in January 1989 when ""EastEnders"" aired the first homosexual mouth-to-mouth kiss on British television. The chaste peck on the lips between Colin and Guido resulted in a front page denunciation in ""The Sun"" newspaper, who described it as ""a homosexual love scene between yuppie poofs... when millions of children were watching"". The kiss was watched by twenty million people and came"
"filmed in 1964 and aired in 1965. He had been in the business for more than 20 years when he landed the role of Colin Russell in BBC TV's ""EastEnders"" – a character who was a participant in the first gay kiss in a British soap opera. In 1980, Cashman was a series regular in series 2 and 3 of ITV's ""The Sandbaggers"" as Sandbagger 2 (initially Sandbagger 3). Cashman also appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""Time-Flight"" in March 1982. It was announced on 25 August 2016 that Cashman would reprise his role as Colin Russell in ""EastEnders"" for"
"Joel David Moore Joel David Moore (born September 25, 1977) is an American character actor and director. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Moore studied acting in college before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. His first major role was as Owen Dittman in the 2004 comedy """", followed by roles in the comedy ""Grandma's Boy"" (2006), Terry Zwigoff's ""Art School Confidential"" (2006), and the independent slasher film ""Hatchet"" (2006). In 2008, he was cast in the role of Colin Fisher on the Fox series ""Bones"", a guest role he portrayed in sixteen episodes until the series'"
"gay. This changed by the end of the year, at which time Colin acquired a young boyfriend named Barry Clark (Gary Hailes). Colin was one of the most controversial characters of his time — mainly because gay-orientated content was still relatively rare on prime-time television during the mid-1980s. Gay characters that existed were usually farcical, camp parodies, created purely for comic relief, such as Mr Humphries in the situation comedy, ""Are You Being Served?"". Although ""EastEnders"" was not the first UK televised soap to include a gay character (Channel 4's ""Brookside"" had that accolade), the portrayal of an openly gay"
"Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (; born March 8, 1973), better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born actor of German and Ghanaian descent known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film ""Brown Sugar"", the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series ""Soul Food"" and was a recurring character on FOX's ""The Last Man on Earth"". He currently co-stars on BET's ""Real Husbands of Hollywood"" and the ""Grey's Anatomy"" spin-off, ""Station 19"". Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Ursula, a German psychologist of partially Jewish descent, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian"
"Colin Campbell (actor) Colin Campbell (17 January 1937 – 1 March 2018) was an English actor. Campbell's best-known role was the lead in ""The Leather Boys"" in 1964, in which he plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend—who, he belatedly realises, is gay. He also starred in ""Nuns on the Run"" (1990) and made many appearances on British television, including in the role of David Ashton, one of the main characters in the popular ITV drama series ""A Family At War"" which aired from 1970 to 1972. His photograph appears on the cover of"
"The Sandwich Man (1966 film) The Sandwich Man is a 1966 British comedy film starring Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors, Norman Wisdom, Terry-Thomas and Ian Hendry. The screenplay was written by Bentine in conjunction with Robert Hartford-Davis. Hartford-Davis also directed the film. Bentine takes the leading role, playing Horace Quilby, a mild-mannered widower living in the London Docklands. His job as a sandwich-board man requires him to wander around London wearing morning dress and carrying advertisements. He is also secretary of the Sandwichmen's Brotherhood. But his real interest in life is pigeon racing, especially"
"Supporting Role for his role as the father of Mel Gibson's character in the film ""Tim"". Alwyn Kurts Alwyn Cecil Kurts (28 October 1915 – 4 May 2000) was an Australian drama and comedy actor of radio, television and film, best remembered for his role as gruff Inspector Colin Fox in the TV series ""Homicide"". Kurts originally worked as a war correspondent, before moving onto radio with his program ""Raising a Husband"" on radio station 3XY. Kurts' television career started with the television version of his radio show ""Raising a Husband"" (which was pushed off air by the success of"
"Michael B. Jordan Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor. He is known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama ""Fruitvale Station"" (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in the ""Rocky"" sequel film ""Creed"" (2015) and main antagonist Erik Killmonger in ""Black Panther"" (2018), all three of which were directed by Ryan Coogler. Jordan's television roles include Wallace in the HBO series ""The Wire"" (2002), Reggie Montgomery in the ABC series ""All My Children"" (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC drama series ""Friday Night Lights"" (2009–2011). His other film performances also include"
"the Swinging Sixties. The Sandwich Man (1966 film) The Sandwich Man is a 1966 British comedy film starring Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors, Norman Wisdom, Terry-Thomas and Ian Hendry. The screenplay was written by Bentine in conjunction with Robert Hartford-Davis. Hartford-Davis also directed the film. Bentine takes the leading role, playing Horace Quilby, a mild-mannered widower living in the London Docklands. His job as a sandwich-board man requires him to wander around London wearing morning dress and carrying advertisements. He is also secretary of the Sandwichmen's Brotherhood. But his real interest in life is"
"unusual story behind this name. Colin was born as 'Colin Edwin Thompson'. When he became an actor he had to change his name because no actor can have the same name. He took his middle name and changed the spelling. His idol was an actor called Ed Wynn and changed his name so it had the same spelling. The name Edwynn is not Welsh, Scottish or Irish or any other name. It was made up. Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap"
"Colin Clive Colin Clive (born Colin Glenn Clive-Greig; 20 January 1900 – 25 June 1937) was a British-American stage and screen actor. His most memorable role was Henry Frankenstein in the 1931 monster film ""Frankenstein"" and its 1935 sequel, ""Bride of Frankenstein"". Clive was born in Saint-Malo, France, to an English colonel, Colin Philip Greig, and his wife, Caroline Margaret Lugard Clive. He attended Stonyhurst College and subsequently Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where an injured knee disqualified him from military service and contributed to his becoming a stage actor. Clive created the role of Steve Baker, the white husband of"
"Casey Donovan (actor) Casey Donovan (born John Calvin ""Cul"" Culver; November 2, 1943 – August 10, 1987) was an American male pornographic film actor from the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, appearing primarily in adult films and videos catering to gay male audiences, during the Golden Age of Porn. Following a brief career as a Latin teacher and a stint as a highly paid male model, Donovan appeared in the film that would cement his status as a gay icon, ""Boys in the Sand"", in 1971. Attempts to build on his notoriety to achieve mainstream crossover success failed, but Donovan"
"Benjamin Kanes Benjamin Kanes (born March 25, 1977) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Kanes was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Kanes entered the movie industry with roles in short subjects and documentaries, beginning in 2003. During the early years he also worked as a body double and stuntman; most notably as a stand-in for the lead in ""Invincible"", for Mark Wahlberg in ""Shooter"" and ""The Other Guys"", for Jude Law in ""My Blueberry Nights"", for Shia LaBeouf in """", and for Colin Farrell in ""Dead Man Down"". He has also served as screenwriter, film editor, associate producer"
"Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"" between 1967 and 1972. He appeared in several episodes of the long running BBC Radio comedy ""The Clitheroe Kid"" as Mr Humphrey Brocklebank. He has also appeared in the television series ""Bergerac"" and ""Heartbeat"". Edwynn had a minor role to play in the television situation-comedy series ""Dinnerladies"" as the character Bert (Season 2; Episode 1: ""Catering""). Since 1981 he has run the Queen's Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire. There is a very"
"the Melaswen storyline. While leaving the island during a storm, he was lost at sea and assumed to have drowned. Colin Murphy (Days of Our Lives) Colin Murphy is a fictional character from the American soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"". He was played by two actors. Robert Cuthill played him from July 2001 through October 2001. The role was then taken over by Justin Melvey who played him from October 2001 until January 2003 and in October 2004. Colin is the cousin of the Bradys and the mysterious doctor that Jennifer Horton met in Africa and fell for. Jennifer"
"Colin Connor (actor) Colin Connor (born 25 September 1969 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional actor, comedian and writer. Colin made his acting debut in 1985 in the feature film ""The End of the World Man"", and went on to star in Danny Boyle's 1987 television feature ""Scout"". Colin trained at the Manchester School of Theatre and has subsequently appeared in the television productions """", ""The Royal"" and ""The Underground"". He has also had recurring soap roles as Gary McFarlane in Emmerdale, Father Raymond in Hollyoaks and DC Tandy in Coronation Street. His debut play, ""Meanwhile"" received the Forever"
"and short-subject producer during his career. Benjamin Kanes Benjamin Kanes (born March 25, 1977) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Kanes was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Kanes entered the movie industry with roles in short subjects and documentaries, beginning in 2003. During the early years he also worked as a body double and stuntman; most notably as a stand-in for the lead in ""Invincible"", for Mark Wahlberg in ""Shooter"" and ""The Other Guys"", for Jude Law in ""My Blueberry Nights"", for Shia LaBeouf in """", and for Colin Farrell in ""Dead Man Down"". He has also served"
"Colin Murphy (Days of Our Lives) Colin Murphy is a fictional character from the American soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"". He was played by two actors. Robert Cuthill played him from July 2001 through October 2001. The role was then taken over by Justin Melvey who played him from October 2001 until January 2003 and in October 2004. Colin is the cousin of the Bradys and the mysterious doctor that Jennifer Horton met in Africa and fell for. Jennifer followed him to Ireland but he brushed her off. He first came to live in Salem with his fiancé Elizabeth"
"Alwyn Kurts Alwyn Cecil Kurts (28 October 1915 – 4 May 2000) was an Australian drama and comedy actor of radio, television and film, best remembered for his role as gruff Inspector Colin Fox in the TV series ""Homicide"". Kurts originally worked as a war correspondent, before moving onto radio with his program ""Raising a Husband"" on radio station 3XY. Kurts' television career started with the television version of his radio show ""Raising a Husband"" (which was pushed off air by the success of Graham Kennedy), then ""Hutton's Family Quiz"", ""Don't Argue"" and ""Fighting Words"". He came to prominence in"
"Dean Cain Dean George Cain (né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor, producer and television show host, best known for playing the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series """". He was also host of ""Ripley's Believe It or Not!"" and appeared in the soap opera series ""Hit the Floor"". Dean George Tanaka was born on July 31, 1966 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the biological son of Roger Tanaka and actress Sharon Thomas. He is of French Canadian, Irish, Japanese and Welsh descent. In 1969, Cain's mother married film director Christopher Cain, who adopted Dean and"
"male, let alone a homosexual relationship, on a prime-time, pre-watershed BBC programme was unheard of before Colin and Barry's introduction. The licence funded BBC held a far greater audience share than the commercially funded Channel 4, thus public reaction to ""EastEnders""' gay characters was much stronger and more widely documented in the British press. Colin was a middle-classed, well-meaning, slightly uptight yuppie, and his inclusion was an attempt to portray the gentrification of the East End of London. The openly gay actor and gay activist Michael Cashman, who had roots in the East End, was chosen to play the role."
"Colin McCormack John Colin McCormack (2 December 1941 – 19 June 2004) was a Welsh actor who enjoyed success in classical stage performances and television shows including BBC TV's Dixon of Dock Green, a show he returned to twenty years later when he played a police constable. McCormack also appeared in several feature films during his career. McCormack was probably best known for his recurring role as Alan in the 1984 science fiction series ""Chocky"" and for playing Kevin Masters in ""EastEnders"". McCormack's electric presence and square jaw coupled with his imposing athletic build usually saw him typecast as a"
"John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in ""Fargo"". He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ""The Drew Carey Show"" as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on """" and """" as Twisty the Clown. His films include ""Face/Off"", ""Gran Torino"", ""Shutter Island"", ""Ted 2"", ""The Invitation"", and ""Zodiac"". Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in ""The Founder"". He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film ""Lucky""."
"Colin Hanks Colin Lewes Hanks (born Colin Lewes Dillingham; November 24, 1977) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for starring as characters in films such as Shaun Brumder in ""Orange County"", Preston in ""King Kong"", Oliver in ""The House Bunny"", and Troy Gable in ""The Great Buck Howard"". His television roles include Alex Whitman in ""Roswell"", Hank Jones in ""Band of Brothers"", Travis Marshall in ""Dexter"", officer Gus Grimly in ""Fargo"", Jack Bailey in ""The Good Guys"", and Greg Short in ""Life in Pieces"". He is the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks. In the ""Talking"
"Declan Michael Laird Declan Michael Laird (born 1993) is a Scottish actor and a graduate of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He is possibly best known for playing the role of the kid in ""The Lost Purse"" and as Colin in the American drama ""Camp Abercorn"". Declan Michael Laird was born in Kilmacolm in Scotland. A keen footballer, he left school at 15 to pursue a professional career and signed with Greenock Morton F.C. Eight minutes into a cup tie between Greenock Morton and Hearts, Laird tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee effectively ending his professional"